This afternoon John Mayer took to social media to defend the decision.

“When someone pulls remaining dates of a tour, it means they would have done real damage to themselves if they kept going,” he wrote. “We’ve lost so many great artists lately. I give Justin 👍🏼👍🏼 for realizing it was time to call it. You should too.”

Check out Mayer’s tweets below.

When someone pulls remaining dates of a tour, it means they would have done real damage to themselves if they kept going. 1/2